You can wait hours for a bus and then, just when you don’t need one… Anyone that has ever attended an explosive demolition event will be familiar with the type. They artive hours before the event carrying fold-out chairs and sleeping bags, flasks of coffee, pre-made sandwiches, and more camera equipment than the average television…Read moreRead more
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Video – Timing is everything…
Desire to profit played role in botched blast…
Cleveland Wrecking stands accused of rushing blast to make most of scrap prices. A demolition company’s desire to profit from favourable conditions in the scrap metal market contributed to the botched demolition of an old power plant in 2013, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. alleged last week in a lawsuit against the project’s general contractor…Read moreRead more
Video – 40-watt club inductee #5…
The stupidity production line is in overdrive this week. It is the presence in the world of people like this that makes me lock the doors to Demolition News Towers each night. If brain cells were dynamite, this space cadet wouldn’t have enough to blow his (strangely absent) hat off. If it is true that…Read moreRead more
Video – 40-watt club inductee #4…
Stupidity does not recognise international borders. They may be thousands of miles apart, but two inductees to the Demolition News 40-watt club for the terminally dim share a common bond of stupidity. You may recall that a few weeks ago we brought you footage of this childhood consumer of paint chips. Then watch as this…Read moreRead more
Video – 40-watt Club keeps on growing…
How stupid are you; let me count the ways. Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Give a man a club hammer and he’ll be stupid for a lifetime. The latest recruit to the DemolitionNews 40-watt Club is a portrait in bad decision making and a fine example of why demolition…Read moreRead more
Video – And the latest member of the 40-watt club is…
Another person auditioning for a role as an organ donor. Regular readers will know that we recently adopted the term “40-watt club member” to describe someone that is not that bright. Well, our latest inductee has just stepped forward; his application has been checked and verified; and we are pleased to confirm that the DemolitionNews…Read moreRead more
